Module 3

Question 1

3 related planning paradigms for building better communities

Answer 1

Smart growth

New Urbanism

Sustainable design

Question 2

Protect site natural resources and provide recreational opportunities

Answer 2

Open space systems

Question 3

Enrich public open spaces, especially streetscapes, and create neighborhoods with a clear sense of identity

Answer 3

Site and architectural designs

Question 4

Diversity of housing types and prices

Answer 4

Mixed and integrated uses

Question 5

Sustainable, context-responsive site planning has three fundamental precepts

Answer 5

Design with Nature

Design with Culture

Design Places for People

Question 6

Significant site and contextual conditions

Provide the basis, or rationale, for organizing and articulating the program on the site

Answer 6

Design determinants

Question 7

Design determinants include these factors

Answer 7

On site (intrinsic)

Off site (extrinsic)

Question 8

These activities range from private-sector real estate development to public-sector nature conservation and restoration

Answer 8

Program and Preferences

Question 9

Features that are retained, undisturbed, in the site plan

Answer 9

On-site Form Determinants

Question 10

Important on-site form determinants

Answer 10

Physical conditions

Regulations and standards

Question 11

Often influence the location and organization of program elements on the site

Answer 11

Off-site Form Determinants

Question 12

Routinely affect the design of site entrances

Answer 12

Land development regulations

Question 13

Set of guiding principles and strategies for making design decisions

Answer 13

Design theory

Question 14

Creative problem solving, as summarized by Kvashny, involves the pursuit of five things

Answer 14

Facts

Problems

Ideas

Solutions

Acceptance

Question 15

Livable communites should possess these elements

Answer 15

Safe

Visually attractive

Pedestrian friendly

Question 16

Concerned with form and indirect appearance because the form of the built environment directly affetcs its functions

Answer 16

Design theory

Question 17

Fundamental determinants of community sustainability and quality of life

Answer 17

Spatial organization

Articulation of the built environment

Question 18

Who writes in The Ruse of the Creative Class that better educated, higher income professionals essentially “vote with their feet”

Answer 18

Richard Florida

Question 19

Vital component of any community, and its location and design play a very important role in how the community is experienced

Answer 19

Open space

Question 20

Three dimensional compositions are derived from elements

Answer 20

Floor plane (ground)
Wall plane (vertical)
Ceiling plane (overhead)

Question 21

Most comprehensive of the three principles of composition

Answer 21

Unity

Question 22

Visual unity is achieved through—

Answer 22

Repetition
Simplicity
Rhythm
Proportion

Question 23

Refers to the visual “weight” associated with color, form, texture, and other visible qualities of the built environment

Answer 23

Balance

Question 24

A balanced composition successfullyy manages—

Answer 24

Weight of visible attributes
Scale

Question 25

Principle of composition that is established when a building or other design element is distinct, in some way, from other nearby elements

Answer 25

Emphasis

Question 26

Emphasis is often accomplished—

Answer 26

Contrast Hierarchy

Question 27

Provide consistency in organizing and arranging disparate materials and components

Answer 27

Geometry frameworks

Question 28

In a rectilinear framework, elements are organized as follows:

Answer 28

Straight lines Right angles Squares and rectangles

Question 29

In an angular framework, key elements are organized —

Answer 29

Points Radiating lines and acute or obtuse angles Triangles and hexagons

Question 30

In curvilinear framework, the key elementd are organized by—

Answer 30

Generative points Arcs and tangents Circle and semi-circles

Question 31

Frequently combined to create hybrid themes where two or more geometric patterns are juxtaposed

Answer 31

Rectilinear Angular Curvilinear

Question 32

Fundamental goal of good site planning

Answer 32

Protecting sensitive natural areas

Question 33

Conservation open space

Answer 33

Woodland Gradsland Water

Question 34

Developed “hard” open space

Answer 34

Plaza Promenade Courtyard

Question 35

Developed “soft” open space

Answer 35

Lawn Garden Park

Question 36

Well designed open spaces can strengthen a community’s identity or

Answer 36

Sense of place

Question 37

Spaces that are typically poorly defined and often neglected

Answer 37

Lost spaces

Question 38

Influenced by the height of the defining wall planes and the dimensions of the open space

Answer 38

Sense of enclosure

Question 39

Valued for its cooling effects

Answer 39

Shade